Obscured by Clouds. The rough and ready blog of a cloud benighted biologist and amateur astronomer. Astroblog will cover my interests in astronomy, biology and Life, the Universe and Everything.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Chang'E Images Toutatis

The Chinese Moon probe Chang'E snapped some amazing images of Asteroid Toutatis as it zoomed past. Closest approach was at 08:30:09 UTC on December 13 at an altitude of just 3.2 km. The images came out very well.

Goldstone Radar also picked up some detailed images of the asteroid, have a look at the animation belwo for some awesomeness.